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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Thruxton: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Thruxton years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 25,105 DVSA tests.

2019
highest-passing year · 93.7%
2006
lowest-passing year · 87.2%
6.5pp
spread across 17 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2019 (93.7% of 938 tests). Lowest: 2006 (87.2% of 1,373). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2010.

86%90%95%2004: 87.8% pass (2,640 tests)2005: 88.5% pass (1,754 tests)2006: 87.2% pass (1,373 tests)2007: 90.0% pass (1,282 tests)2008: 89.3% pass (1,628 tests)2009: 89.7% pass (1,354 tests)2010: 87.5% pass (950 tests)2011: 88.2% pass (892 tests)2012: 89.9% pass (614 tests)2013: 88.0% pass (1,273 tests)2014: 87.8% pass (1,445 tests)2015: 91.1% pass (1,209 tests)2016: 90.4% pass (4,102 tests)2017: 92.1% pass (2,142 tests)2018: 91.0% pass (1,326 tests)2019: 93.7% pass (938 tests)2020: 89.9% pass (129 tests)200420122020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
2004 2,640 87.8% -1.8 pp
2005 1,754 88.5% -1.1 pp
2006 1,373 87.2% -2.4 pp
2007 1,282 90.0% +0.4 pp
2008 1,628 89.3% -0.3 pp
2009 1,354 89.7% +0.1 pp
2010 950 87.5% -2.1 pp
2011 892 88.2% -1.4 pp
2012 614 89.9% +0.3 pp
2013 1,273 88.0% -1.6 pp
2014 1,445 87.8% -1.8 pp
2015 1,209 91.1% +1.5 pp
2016 4,102 90.4% +0.8 pp
2017 2,142 92.1% +2.5 pp
2018 1,326 91.0% +1.4 pp
2019 938 93.7% +4.1 pp
2020 129 89.9% +0.3 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2007–2025
83%88%93%2007: 84.5% pass (220 tests)2008: 89.3% pass (375 tests)2009: 86.7% pass (481 tests)2010: 90.2% pass (549 tests)2011: 87.1% pass (672 tests)2012: 89.3% pass (759 tests)2013: 87.3% pass (836 tests)2014: 86.0% pass (872 tests)2015: 88.5% pass (936 tests)2016: 88.6% pass (1,055 tests)2017: 87.3% pass (1,208 tests)2018: 90.2% pass (1,067 tests)2019: 89.9% pass (1,672 tests)2020: 91.6% pass (1,894 tests)2021: 89.9% pass (2,548 tests)2022: 89.5% pass (2,782 tests)2023: 91.0% pass (2,745 tests)2024: 90.6% pass (2,130 tests)2025: 90.2% pass (2,298 tests)20072025

Questions

Which Thruxton years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Thruxton overall (89.6%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 87.2% from 1,373 tests.
Which Thruxton year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2019, at 93.7% of 938 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2017, 2019.
How much does the Thruxton pass rate vary by year?
6.5 percentage points between the highest (2019, 93.7%) and lowest (2006, 87.2%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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